2013 Chinese Super League


The 2013 Chinese Super League was the tenth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 20th season of a professional football league and the 52nd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their third consecutive title with an 18-point advantage ahead of runners-up Shandong Luneng.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2012 China League One
Teams disbanded
Teams relegated to 2013 China League One

Clubs and locations

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Beijing Guoan Jaime PachecoSacked26 November 2012N/A Aleksandar Stanojević28 November 2012
Dalian Aerbin Aleksandar StanojevićResigned19 November 2012N/A Xu Hong11 December 2012
Guizhou Renhe Gao HongboResigned17 December 2012N/A Gong Lei 17 December 2012
Shandong Luneng Taishan Wu Jingui Technical assistant3 November 2012N/A Radomir Antić25 December 2012
Changchun Yatai Svetozar ŠapurićSacked27 December 2012N/A Li Shubin27 December 2012
Dalian Aerbin Xu HongResigned18 February 2013N/A Li Ming 18 February 2013
Shanghai SIPG Jiang BingyaoFitness coach27 February 2013N/A Gao Hongbo27 February 2013
Wuhan Zall Zheng XiongResigned21 April 201315th Ljubiša Tumbaković22 April 2013
Guangzhou R&F Sérgio FariasSacked19 May 201313th Li Bing 19 May 2013
Changchun Yatai Li ShubinResigned20 May 201315th Svetozar Šapurić20 May 2013
Dalian Aerbin Li Ming Club director3 June 20137th Simo Krunić3 June 2013
Guangzhou R&F Li Bing Technical assistant4 June 201313th Sven-Göran Eriksson4 June 2013
Shanghai Shenhua Sergio BatistaResigned4 July 201313th Shen Xiangfu4 July 2013
Shanghai Shenxin Zhu JiongSacked7 July 201313th Guo Guangqi 7 July 2013
Wuhan Zall Ljubiša TumbakovićSacked18 August 201316th Wang Jun 19 August 2013
Qingdao Jonoon Chang Woe-RyongSacked20 August 201310th Li Yingfa 20 August 2013
Qingdao Jonoon Li Yingfa --5 September 201313th Goran Stevanović5 September 2013

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Asian PlayerFormer Players
Beijing Guoan Darko Matić Joffre Guerrón Frédéric Kanouté Peter Utaka Egor Krimets André Lima
Changchun Yatai Éder Baiano Eninho Isac Jan Rezek Anzur Ismailov Matt McKay
Zé Carlos
Dalian Aerbin Fábio Rochemback Guillaume Hoarau Seydou Keita Nabil Baha Daniel Mullen Peter Utaka
Guangzhou Evergrande Darío Conca Elkeson Muriqui Kim Young-Gwon Lucas Barrios
Guangzhou R&F Eddy Bosnar Rafael Coelho Davi Yakubu Rostyn Griffiths Jumar
Guizhou Renhe Zvjezdan Misimović Zlatan Muslimović Rafa Jordà Nano Jonas Salley
Hangzhou Greentown Mazola Davy Claude Angan Masashi Oguro Luka Žinko Kim Dong-Jin Marek Jarolím
Jiangsu Sainty Hamdi Salihi Eleílson Cristian Dănălache Aleksandar Jevtić Kamoliddin Tajiev Sergey Krivets
Liaoning Whowin Pablo Brandán Edú Miloš Trifunović James Chamanga Shavkat Mullajanov
Qingdao Jonoon Pablo Caballero Gustavo Bruno Meneghel Gabriel Melkam Joel Griffiths George Mourad
Sherzod Karimov
Shandong Luneng Leonardo Pisculichi Vágner Love Gilberto Macena Roda Antar Ryan McGowan Marius Niculae
Shanghai Shenhua Rolando Schiavi Patricio Toranzo Dady Giovanni Moreno Firas Al-Khatib
Shanghai Shenxin Antônio Flávio Johnny Kieza Jaílton Paraíba Michael Marrone
Shanghai SIPG Daniel McBreen Luis Cabezas Ransford Addo Ibán Cuadrado Bernie Ibini-Isei Chris Dickson
Tianjin Teda Andrezinho Baré Éder Lima Carmelo Valencia Erik Paartalu Dinélson Lima
Vladimir Jovančić
Wuhan Zall Garra Dembélé Bentley Jacques Faty Miloš Stojanović Cho Won-Hee Santos
Novak Martinović

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players
ClubPlayer 1
Beijing Guo'an Lee Chi Ho
Guizhou Renhe Xavier Chen

Results

Positions by round

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Source:Soccerway

Hat-tricks

Awards

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Top 10 Attendances

AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
58,7921714 July 2013Jiangsu Sainty1-2Guangzhou EvergrandeNanjing Olympic Sports CenterSundayNight
56,3002225 August 2013Guangzhou Evergrande1-0Guangzhou R&FTianhe StadiumSundayNight
48,013121 June 2013Guangzhou Evergrande0-0Shandong LunengTianhe StadiumSaturdayNight
47,6662521 September 2013Tianjin Teda1-0Beijing Guo'anTianjin Olympic Center StadiumSaturdayNight
46,310329 March 2013Beijing Guo'an1-1Guangzhou EvergrandeWorkers' StadiumFridayNight
46,2082628 September 2013Beijing Guo'an2-0Shanghai ShenhuaWorkers' StadiumSaturdayNight
46,17927Oct. 6th, 2013Shandong Luneng2-4Guangzhou EvergrandeJinan Olympic Sports Center StadiumSundayAfternoon
45,671193 August 2013Guizhou Maotai2-2Guangzhou EvergrandeGuiyang Olympic Sports CenterSaturdayNight
43,539194 August 2013Beijing Guo'an3-3Jiangsu SaintyWorkers' StadiumSundayNight
43,1211714 July 2013Beijing Guo'an3-1Wuhan ZallWorkers' StadiumSundayNight

Source:CSL Official Site